(Mono C#) Asynchronous HTTP SOAP 1.2 Request and Response using POST

Demonstrates a working asynchronous SOAP 1.2 request and response using POST with a live server. You may try running this example with the URLs and data provided. See http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx?op=GetCityWeatherByZIP for details.

Note: This example is correct in theory, but no longer works for live testing because the SOAP service provider (cdyne.com) has made changes or discontinued the free service.

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// TaskCompleted callback method.
public void handleTaskCompleted(int taskId)
    {
    // Application code goes here.
    }

private void ChilkatExample()
    {
    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

    Chilkat.Http.TaskCompleted taskCompleted = new Chilkat.Http.TaskCompleted(handleTaskCompleted);
    http.setTaskCompletedCb(taskCompleted);
    bool success;

    Chilkat.Xml soapXml = new Chilkat.Xml();

    soapXml.Tag = "soap12:Envelope";
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsi","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance");
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:xsd","http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema");
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns:soap12","http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope");

    soapXml.NewChild2("soap12:Body","");
    soapXml.GetChild2(0);
    soapXml.NewChild2("GetCityWeatherByZIP","");
    soapXml.GetChild2(0);
    soapXml.AddAttribute("xmlns","http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/");
    soapXml.NewChild2("ZIP","60187");
    soapXml.GetRoot2();

    Debug.WriteLine(soapXml.GetXml());

    Chilkat.HttpRequest req = new Chilkat.HttpRequest();
    req.HttpVerb = "POST";
    req.SendCharset = false;
    req.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8");
    req.AddHeader("SOAPAction","http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/GetCityWeatherByZIP");
    req.Path = "/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx";
    req.LoadBodyFromString(soapXml.GetXml(),"utf-8");

    http.FollowRedirects = true;

    Chilkat.Task task = http.SynchronousRequestAsync("wsf.cdyne.com",80,false,req);
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
        Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    // Schedule the task for running on the thread pool.  This changes the task's state
    // from Inert to Live.
    success = task.Run();
    if (success != true) {
        Debug.WriteLine(task.LastErrorText);

        return;
    }

    // The application is now free to do anything else
    // while the HTTP request is in progress.  When the task
    // is completed, the TaskCompleted method is called.

    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The following is a general note that applies to all programming languages:
    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    // NOTE: This is very important:  The TaskCompleted callback runs in the background thread.  
    // (All callbacks from an async task, such as AbortCheck, PercentDone, ProgressInfo, etc. are in the background thread.) 
    // An application that uses TaskCompleted must be very careful.  
    // For example, user interface elements (such as labels, text boxes, etc.) may not be directly
    // accessible from a background thread, and could crash the application if directly accessed.  Also, attempting to debug
    // code running in a background thread from an IDE, especially an older IDE (such as VB6) is likely to crash the IDE.

    }